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How homeowner insurers are responding after Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton caused as much as $55 billion in property damage throughout Florida last week, according to the latest estimates. Hitting just two weeks...
Construction continues nationwide in high-risk flood zones
Florida has built more than 75,000 new properties in high-risk flood areas since 2019, the most in the nation, The Wall Street Journal reports.Â
That’s...
Louisiana’s health insurance market is changing. Here’s how
The number of small businesses in Louisiana who offer a health care plan to their employees has decreased by more than 24% over the...
Roundup: CPRA projects / Brian Kelly’s salary / America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers
State of the coast: Currently, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has 109 active projects in the works, from hurricane protection and marsh creation...
Three top execs share secrets for building an award-winning workplace
Building an enviable workplace culture isn’t easy.
But in the latest episode of Business Report’s Strictly Business, a few executives at the helm of some...
What a new international report says about clean energy
The world is set to make abundant energy by the second half of the decade as the production of batteries and solar panels surges—but...
Baton Rouge had a key role in developing this revolutionary health care tech
Sometimes the greatest partnerships emerge from being at the right place at the right time. In 2014, two professionals sat next to each other...
Local initiative is focused on preventing maternal health problems
Hear Her Concerns, a local campaign by Healthy BR’s Maternal and Child Health Consortium aims to prevent pregnancy-related deaths by sharing potentially lifesaving messages...
Scott Wozniak: How your customers view excellence
Before I talk about how to do this, I want to make sure we are on the same page. When I talk about excellence,...
Why the gender wage gap has widened after narrowing for years
Just how much of a setback was the COVID-19 pandemic for U.S. working women?
Although women who lost or left their jobs at the height...
Roundup: Goldman Sachs / Standardized tests / IHOPÂ
Better than expected: Goldman Sachs on Tuesday reported a monster jump in its third-quarter earnings, reaping $3 billion in profits—far higher than what Wall...
How to supercharge your productivity
In today’s workplace, it’s easy to get bogged down in the day with meetings, social media, AI, conferences and reports that executives are expected...
What’s on the horizon for Louisiana’s energy industry?
Shifts in energy production, a rise in hydrogen use and a continued demand to reduce emissions are three trends Louisiana’s energy industry can keep...
These two industrial buildings just sold for $1.8M
Ownership of two industrial buildings in the Ascension Industrial Park changed hands recently.
Property management company Charles Robert Carter Properties Inc. purchased the buildings in...
Roundup: Expanding unions / LSU Board of Supervisors / Consumer behaviors
Union representation: There has been a doubling of petitions by workers to have union representation during President Joe Biden’s administration, according to figures released...
Hiring the formerly incarcerated has its benefits
As Louisiana continues to grapple with its high incarceration rate—the highest in the nation, as a matter of fact—workforce reentry programs have emerged as...
Baton Rouge-to-New Orleans passenger rail: Is it still on track?
Earlier this month, Gov. Jeff Landry told The Advocate that he was not opposed to establishing passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New...
Roundup: Walgreens / Louisiana’s motion picture tax credits / Decline in violence
Downsizing: Walgreens on Tuesday announced it plans to close roughly 1,200 of its stores over the next three years, including 500 in fiscal 2025....
Tigeraire vs. Tiger Woods: Whose logo will prevail?
Baton Rouge tech startup Tigeraire is wrapped up in a legal dispute over trademark infringement with Sun Day Red by Tiger Woods.
Founded in 2020,...
New Jersey investors just purchased this restaurant chain location
Investors have acquired the McDonalds next to Cotsco off Airline Highway.
New Jersey-based McBaton, McBaton II and McBaton III LLC, represented by Jane Mervine, bought...
